Answers Lpu Economics 2023
Answers Lpu Economics 2023
Answers Lpu Economics 2023
2023
ECONOMICS
URO
LPU REVIEW
Contents
M U L T I P L E C H O I C E Q U E S T I O N S ..................................................................................... 3
Microeconomics ………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 - 201
Macroeconomics ………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 - 115
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 5 Chubby Inc. manufactures 100,000 bearings
yearly that it uses in its generators. The
accountant recorded the following costs of the
bearings:
Materials P40,000
1. Economics is a social science that primarily Direct labor 90,000
study Variable overhead 80,000
a. human greed. Fixed overhead 180,000
b. how firms compete for profits in the Total costs P390,000
marketplace.
c. how limited resources are allocated to Thin Co., offered to supply the bearings at P3.10
satisfy unlimited wants. each. If Chubby Inc., will outsource instead of
d. unemployed resources. manufacturing the bearings, it will be able to
e. how successful investors make money in rent out the plant to Fudgy Co., for P20,000 or
the stock market. another alternative is to convert the plant into a
parking space that can earn P19,000 profit per
2. The problem of scarcity: year and will avoid paying supervision salary for
a. exists because resources are limited P50,000. What is the opportunity cost to make
relative to wants. the bearing?
b. exists because resources are unlimited a. P390,000
relative to wants. b. P20,000
c. is solved by economists using abstract c. P280,000
models. d. P50,000
d. can be eliminated through appropriate
government intervention into markets. 6. The basic difference between macroeconomics
e. does not exist in communist societies. and microeconomics is:
a. microeconomics concentrates on individual
3. The fundamental concepts of economics are: markets while macroeconomics focuses
a. marginal analysis primarily on international trade.
b. opportunity cost b. microeconomics concentrates on the
c. efficient markets behavior of individual consumers while
d. all of the above macroeconomics focuses on the behavior of
firms.
4 Chubby Inc. manufactures 100,000 bearings c. microeconomics concentrates on the
yearly that it uses in its generators. The behavior of individual consumers and firms
accountant recorded the following costs of the while macroeconomics focuses on the
bearings: performance of the entire economy.
Materials P40,000 d. microeconomics explores the causes of
Direct labor 90,000 inflation while macroeconomics focuses on
Variable overhead 80,000 the causes of unemployment.
Fixed overhead 180,000
Total costs P390,000 7. An economy's resources:
a. consist of land, labor, capital, and
Thin Co., offered to supply the bearings at P3.10 entrepreneurial skills.
each. If Chubby Inc., will outsource instead of b. are classified as current and non-current.
manufacturing the bearings, it will be able to c. are always efficiently utilized in wealthy
rent out the plant to Fudgy Co., for P20,000 or nations.
another alternative is to convert the plant into a d. consist of land, labor, and entrepreneurial
parking space that can earn P19,000 profit per skills but not capital.
year and will avoid paying supervision salary for
P50,000. What is the cost to make for each 8. Opportunity cost includes
bearing? a. monetary costs only.
a. P3.90 b. non-monetary costs only.
b. P3.10 c. both monetary and non-monetary costs.
c. P2.80 d. neither monetary nor non-monetary costs.
d. P3.00
9.The opportunity cost of an item is: c. If Philippines traded one pound of bananas
a. greater during periods of inflation and lower to China for between three and five pounds
during periods of deflation. of coffee, both countries could enjoy
b. the highest valued alternative you give up greater consumption and be better off.
to get that item. d. Philippines should not trade with China
c. the value of all available alternatives you because it’s a loss for the Philippines.
sacrifice to get that item. e. results in a., b. and c.
d. always equal to the peso value of the item.
e. always less than the peso value of the item. Figure 1
57. Refer to Figure 5. A change from Point A to 63. Refer to Figure 6. The equilibrium price of
Point B represents a(n): butter is:
a. increase in supply. a. P5.
b. decrease in supply. b. P3. (quantity demanded = quantity
c. increase in quantity supplied. supplied)
d. decrease in quantity supplied. c. P2.
d. P1.
58. Refer to Figure 5. A change from Point A to e. 50 cents.
Point C represents a(n):
a. increase in supply. 64. Refer to Figure 6. If the current price of butter
b. decrease in supply. equals P5, you would expect to find:
c. increase in quantity supplied. a. the market in equilibrium at 2,000 pounds
d. decrease in quantity supplied. per year.
b. the market in equilibrium at 8,000 pounds
59. Refer to Figure 5. A change from Point A to per year.
Point D represents a(n): c. that the market is not in equilibrium, and
a. increase in supply. that the quantity supplied is greater than
b. decrease in supply. the quantity demanded.
c. increase in quantity supplied. d. that the market is not in equilibrium, and
d. decrease in quantity supplied. that the quantity demanded is greater than
the quantity supplied.
60. Upward shifts are
a. increases in both demand and supply. 65. Refer to Figure 6. If the current price of butter
b. decreases in both demand and supply. equals P2, you would expect to find:
c. increases in demand and decreases in a. the market in equilibrium at 3,000 pounds
supply. per year.
d. increases in supply and decreases in b. the market in equilibrium at 8,000 pounds
demand. per year.
c. that the market is not in equilibrium, and
61. Downward shifts are that the quantity supplied is greater than
a. increases in both demand and supply. the quantity demanded.
b. decreases in both demand and supply. d. that the market is not in equilibrium, and
c. increases in demand and decreases in that the quantity demanded is greater than
supply. the quantity supplied.
d. increases in supply and decreases in
demand. 66. Refer to Figure 6. At a market price of P4, there
exists a:
62. Refer to Figure 5. A change from Point A to a. shortage equal to 4,000 pounds of butter.
Point E represents a(n): b. surplus equal to 4,000 pounds of butter.
a. increase in supply. c. shortage equal to 7,000 pounds of butter.
b. decrease in supply. d. surplus equal to 7,000 pounds of butter.
c. increase in quantity supplied. e. market equilibrium.
d. decrease in quantity supplied.
67. Refer to Figure 6. At a market price of P1, there
Figure 6 exists a:
The diagram below represents the market for a. shortage equal to 5,000 pounds of butter.
butter. b. surplus equal to 5,000 pounds of butter.
c. shortage equal to 11,000 pounds of butter.
d. surplus equal to 11,000 pounds of butter.
e. market equilibrium. d. increase, increasing the quantity supplied
and increasing the quantity demanded.
68. Refer to Figure 6. If a price floor of P4 is e. decrease, decreasing the quantity supplied
imposed, ____ units of butter will be sold. and increasing the quantity demanded.
a. 7,000
b. 5,000 74. A shortage exists in the market for corn at the
c. 4,000 prevailing price. The shortage will be eliminated
d. 3,000 by a price:
e. 2,000 a. increase, increasing the supply and
decreasing the demand.
69. Refer to Figure 6. If a price ceiling of P2 is b. decrease, increasing the supply and
imposed, ____ units of butter will be sold. decreasing the demand.
a. 8,000 c. decrease, increasing the quantity supplied
b. 5,000 and decreasing the quantity demanded.
c. 4,000 d. increase, increasing the quantity supplied
d. 3,000 and decreasing the quantity demanded.
e. 2,000 e. increase, increasing the supply and
decreasing the quantity demanded.
70. Refer to Figure 6. If a price ceiling of P4 is
imposed, we would expect that ____ units of 75. The general consensus on minimum wage laws
butter will be sold. is that they:
a. 7,000 a. do create some unemployment.
b. 5,000 b. affect workers at all skill levels.
c. 4,000 c. lead to extremely low rates of
d. 3,000 unemployment.
e. 2,000 d. increase employment possibilities for
teenagers.
71. A surplus will result whenever the:
a. government imposes a price floor below the Figure 7
equilibrium price.
b. government imposes a price ceiling below
the equilibrium price.
c. government imposes a price floor above the
equilibrium price.
d. government imposes a price ceiling above
the equilibrium price.
e. quantity demanded exceeds the quantity
supplied.
82. Price elasticity of demand is defined as: 87. A price cut will increase the total revenue a firm
a. the slope of the demand curve. receives if the demand for its product is:
b. the slope of the demand curve divided by a. elastic.
the price. b. inelastic.
c. the relative responsiveness of the change c. unit elastic.
in price to a change in quantity demanded. d. unit inelastic.
Is d. the relative responsiveness of the change in
quantity demanded to a change in price. 88. Aside from inelastic demand what are other
e. the inverse of the price elasticity of supply. types of price elasticity:
a. perfectly elastic demand = ∞
83. Price elasticity of demand is defined as: b. demand is elastic = > 1 .
a. the slope of the demand curve. c. demand is unit elastic =1.
b. the slope of the demand curve divided by d. demand is perfectly inelastic = 0.
the price. e. All of the above.
c. the percentage change in price divided by
the percentage change in quantity
demanded.
d. the percentage change in quantity
demanded divided by the percentage
change in price.
e. the inverse of the price elasticity of supply.
Exhibit 8
Figure 11
127. Refer to Figure 11. The producer surplus 134. Which of the following activities, if any,
before the subsidy is area represents an external cost?
a. a + b a. The reduction in the incidence of chicken
b. a + b + c + d pox when children are inoculated against
c. c + d the disease.
d. a + b + e b. The damage to a person's health from
secondhand smoke.
128. Refer to Figure 11. The producer surplus c. The increase in local property values when
after the subsidy is area the city creates a neighborhood park.
a. c + d + b + g d. The price you pay for the prime rib that you
b. a + b + c + d consume at a local restaurant.
c. c + g
d. c + d + b + e 135. Which of the following activities, if any,
represents an external cost?
129. Refer to Figure 11. The cost to government a. The benefits that accrue to society when an
(tax payers) after the subsidy is area individual receives a college education.
a. - (b + e) b. The increase in property values of vacant
b. - (b + e + f) lots in an area near where a new
c. - (b + e + f + c + g) amusement park is constructed.
d. zero c. The pollination of apple trees that occurs
when a beekeeper locates next door to an
130. Refer to Figure 11. The total welfare after the apple orchard.
subsidy is the area: d. The price you pay for a slice of pizza.
a. - (b + e) e. None of the above
b. a + b + c + d 136. Which of the following activities, if any,
c. a + b + c - f represents an external benefit?
d. a + b + c + d - f a. The benefit to a consumer from consuming
a Caesar salad.
131. Refer to Figure 11. The deadweight loss from b. The damage to a person's health from
the subsidy is area secondhand smoke.
a. - (e + f + g) c. The reduction in tourist revenues at a beach
b. - (b + e + f + c + g) resort caused by an oil spill.
c. - f d. The reduction in property values caused by
d. zero the construction of a bar next to your home.
e. None of the above
132. The total social costs of production are:
a. private costs plus private benefits. 137. The law of diminishing marginal utility
b. private benefits minus private costs. states that:
c. private costs plus external costs. a. total utility decreases as consumption of a
d. private costs minus external costs. good increases.
b. total utility increases as consumption of a
(Social costs are those that accrue to the good increases.
total population; private costs refer to those c. the increase in total utility from consuming
costs incurred only by the producer or an additional unit decreases as
consumer of the good or service.) consumption increases.
d. the increase in total utility from consuming
an additional unit increases as consumption 143. Assume Brad worked as a contractor for a year
increases. and had revenues of P120,000 and explicit cost
of P70,000. If he could have been paid P80,000
138. The total utility from consuming five cups of working for a computer company, his:
coffee is 15, 27, 37, 46, and 54 utils, a. accounting profit equaled P10,000 and he
respectively. The marginal utility of the fourth would be rational to stop working as a
cup of coffee is: contractor.
a. 48. b. accounting profit equaled P50,000 and he
b. 54. would be rational to continue working as a
c. 9. contractor.
d. 6. c. economic profit equaled P50,000 and he
e. 12. would be rational to continue working as a
contractor.
139. An economist's measurement of profit differs d. economic profit equaled -P30,000 and he
from an accountant's in that: would be rational to stop working as a
a. accountants calculate total revenue contractor.
differently than do economists.
b. economists do not always include all of the 144. When there are economies of scale in
opportunity costs when calculating total production:
production costs. a. long-run average total cost declines as
c. accountants do not always include all of the output expands.
opportunity costs when calculating total b. long-run average total cost increases as
production costs. output expands.
d. economic profit generally exceeds c. marginal cost increases as output expands.
accounting profit. d. the marginal product of an input diminishes
with increased utilization.
140. A firm has P300 million in revenues and explicit
costs of P100 million. If its owners have 145. When there are diseconomies of scale in
invested P150 million in the company at an production:
opportunity cost of 10 percent a year, the firm's a. long-run average total cost declines as
accounting profit is: output expands.
a. P50 million. b. long-run average total cost increases as
b. P150 million. output expands.
c. P185 million. c. average fixed cost increases as output
d. P200 million. expands.
e. P215 million. d. marginal cost decreases as output expands.
e. the marginal product of an input diminishes
141. A firm has P350 million in revenues and explicit with increased utilization.
costs of P150 million. If its owners have
invested P150 million in the company at an 146. Constant returns to scale indicate that a firm
opportunity cost of 10 percent a year, the firm's is experiencing:
economic profit is: a. per unit costs of production that are
a. P50 million. decreasing as the scale of output expands.
b. P150 million. b. per unit costs of production that remain
c. P185 million. stable as the scale of output expands.
d. P200 million. c. per unit costs of production that are
e. P215 million. increasing as the scale of output expands.
d. an increasing marginal product.
142. Assume Brad worked as a contractor for a year
and had revenues of P120,000 and explicit cost Figure 12
of P70,000. If he could have been paid P80,000
working for a computer company, his
accounting profit as a contractor was ____ and
his economic profit was ____.
a. P50,000; -P30,000
b. P10,000; P50,000
c. P40,000; P50,000
d. P50,000; P40,000
c. vertical and perfectly inelastic.
d. vertical and perfectly elastic.
Exhibit 13
MACROECONOMICS
d. the number of unemployed persons divided
1.A major macroeconomic goal of nearly every society by the population.
is: 4. If the numbers of employed and unemployed do
a. maintaining stability of prices. not change but the size of the population
b. maintaining high levels of employment. increases by 10%, what would be the effect?
c. achieving high rates of economic growth. a. an increase in the unemployment rate and
d. all of the above. an increase in the labor force participation
e. none of the above. rate
2. Real gross domestic product is the total value of b. an increase in the unemployment rate and
all: no change in the labor force participation
a. goods and services adjusted for inflation. rate
b. goods and services without an adjustment c. an increase in the unemployment rate and
for inflation. a decrease in the labor force participation
c. final goods and services adjusted for rate
inflation. d. no change in the unemployment rate and a
d. final goods and services without decrease in the labor force participation
adjustment for inflation. rate
e. intermediate goods and services without 5. The unemployment rate may underestimate the
adjustment for inflation. true extent of unemployment if:
3. The unemployment rate is calculated as: a. many part-time employees would like to
a. the number of unemployed persons divided work full-time, but are unable to get the
by the number of employed persons. additional work.
b. the number of employed persons divided b. employees increase the number of hours
by the number of unemployed persons. they work overtime.
c. the number of unemployed persons divided c. there are a large number of people working
by the number of employed plus in the underground economy.
unemployed persons. d. any of the above occur.
6. The unemployment rate may overestimate the 12. Suppose that everyone who has looked for a job
true extent of unemployment if: for more than six months gave up in despair and
a. many part-time employees would like to stopped looking. What would happen to the
work full-time, but are unable to get the unemployment rate?
additional work. a. It would increase.
b. many people become discouraged and b. It would fall.
cease looking for work. c. It would change, but the effect cannot be
c. people falsely claim that they are actively predicted.
seeking work in order to receive d. It would not change.
unemployment benefits. 13. Persons who do not have jobs and who do not
d. many people who claim to be unemployed look for work are considered:
actually work in the underground economy. a. unemployed.
e. either c. or d. occurs. b. out of the labor force.
7. The most significant real economic cost of high c. underemployed.
unemployment is: d. overemployed.
a. the money cost of unemployment e. part of the underground economy.
insurance payments to the unemployed. 14. Structural unemployment includes:
b. the lost tax revenue that might have been a. unemployment caused by workers who
paid by persons if they had worked. leave positions to seek better jobs.
c. the money cost of retraining persons to b. unemployment caused by automation that
obtain new jobs. displaces workers from their jobs.
d. the difference in income between a c. unemployment caused by a decline in the
person's lost job and new job. economy's total production.
e. the potential goods and services that might d. unemployment caused by the geographical
have been produced but weren't. and occupational mobility of the labor
8. A discouraged worker is: force.
a. one who opts to quit work to attend e. all of the above.
college. 15. Cyclical unemployment arises when:
b. one who opts to quit searching for work a. business activity in the macroeconomy
after unsuccessfully seeking employment. declines.
c. a part-time worker who would like to work b. the business cycle enters an expansionary
more hours. phase.
d. none of the above. c. labor unions strike for higher wages.
9. Which of the following individuals are d. the agriculture sector completes the cycle
considered officially unemployed? of planting, cultivating, and harvesting the
a. a discouraged worker nation's food supply.
b. an individual who quits his job to raise a 16. According to Okun's law, a 2 percent increase in
child cyclical unemployment reduces output by
c. an individual who is not looking for a job almost:
because he works in the underground a. 1 percent.
economy b. 2 percent.
d. None of the above c. 0.5 percent
10. A person who works part-time is considered to d. 4 percent.
be: 17. Unemployment caused by a contraction in the
a. employed. economy is called:
b. unemployed. a. frictional unemployment.
c. out of the labor force. b. cyclical unemployment.
d. overemployed. c. structural unemployment.
e. none of the above. d. seasonal unemployment.
11. Persons who do not hold a job, but are actively 18. Unemployment that results from technological
seeking work are considered: changes is called:
a. out of the labor force. a. frictional unemployment.
b. unemployed. b. cyclical unemployment.
c. unemployable, and not counted in official c. structural unemployment.
statistics. d. seasonal unemployment.
d. underemployed.
19. An individual who voluntarily leaves one job and c. the economy experiences a contraction.
spends a period of time seeking another is d. the price of a good decreases.
considered: e. either a. or d. occurs.
a. frictionally unemployed. 28. During an inflationary period, those most likely
b. cyclically unemployed. to suffer reduced wealth are those who are
c. structurally unemployed. holding their wealth in:
d. seasonally unemployed. a. gold.
20. Unemployment resulting from normal turnover b. real estate.
in the labor market is called: c. currency.
a. frictional unemployment. d. stocks.
b. cyclical unemployment. 29. Why are creditors harmed by unexpected
c. structural unemployment. inflation?
d. season unemployment. a. Creditors receive lower nominal rates of
21. The category of unemployment that is a interest when prices rise.
byproduct of geographic and occupational b. Creditors are paid back with more valuable
mobility and not generally considered to be a dollars.
serious problem is: c. Creditors receive higher nominal rates of
a. frictional unemployment. interest when prices rise.
b. underemployment. d. Creditors are paid back money with less
c. cyclical unemployment. spending power than when it was originally
d. structural unemployment. loaned out.
22. The development of a nationwide computerized 30. Inflation:
job bank listing of all job openings would be a. can cause a redistribution of income from
most likely to reduce: creditors to borrowers.
a. structural unemployment. b. may discourage investment and economic
b. frictional unemployment. growth.
c. seasonal unemployment. c. can decrease the value of a nation's
d. cyclical unemployment. currency relative to other nations.
23. When unemployment rises above the natural d. may result in any of the above.
rate it reflects the existence of ____ 31. The difference between the nominal interest
unemployment. rate and the rate of inflation is:
a. frictional a. the prime rate.
b. structural b. the real interest rate.
c. seasonal c. the discount rate.
d. cyclical d. coupon rate.
24. The natural rate of unemployment: 32. If the nominal interest rate is 6% and the
a. is the sum of both frictional and structural inflation rate is 3%, the real interest rate is
unemployment when they are at a a. 2%
maximum. b. 3%
b. includes only frictional unemployment. c. 6%
c. includes only structural unemployment. d. 9%
d. includes only cyclical unemployment. e. 18%
25. The term full employment implies an 33. Say that initially the nominal interest rate is 6%
unemployment rate of: and prices are stable, but the inflation rate the
a. zero following year rises to 3%. If the real rate of
b. approximately 5% interest is to remain unchanged, the nominal
c. approximately 10% interest rate in the second year must:
d. 100% a. rise by 9 percentage points.
26. Inflation exists whenever: b. rise by 6 percentage points.
a. the price of a good increases. c. rise by 3 percentage points.
b. the price of a good decreases. d. remain unchanged.
c. the economy experiences a contraction. e. fall by 3 percentage points.
d. the overall price level is rising. 34. The costs imposed on a firm from changing
e. the overall price level is falling. listed prices is termed:
27. Deflation exists whenever: a. the nominal cost of inflation.
a. the overall price level falls. b. the shoe-leather cost of inflation.
b. the overall price level rises. c. the menu cost of inflation.
d. the implied cost of inflation. 42. Unemployment rises in ____, and falls in ____.
35. The cost incurred when individuals reduce their a. peaks; troughs
money holdings because of inflation is termed b. booms; recessions
as the: c. expansions; contractions
a. nominal cost. d. contractions; expansions
b. shoe-leather cost. 43. The existence of discouraged workers:
c. menu cost. a. increases the size of the labor force, but
d. implied cost. does not affect the unemployment rate.
36. Which of the following refers to extremely high b. reduces the size of the labor force, but does
rates of inflation for sustained periods of time? not affect the unemployment rate.
a. deflation c. may cause the official unemployment rate
b. hyperinflation to understate the true amount of
c. bust unemployment.
d. depression d. may cause the official unemployment rate
e. expansion to overstate the true amount of
unemployment.
37. An unanticipated increase in inflation will:
a. redistribute income from employers to 44. Which of the following groups would not tend to
workers. lose from unexpected inflation?
b. redistribute income from lenders to a. Retirees on fixed pensions.
borrowers. b. Creditors.
c. redistribute income from borrowers to c. Those whose incomes are tied to long-term
lenders. contracts
d. do none of the above. d. Those whose wages have cost of living
adjustment clauses in their contracts.
38. An unanticipated period of deflation will:
e. All of the above would tend to lose from
a. redistribute income from workers to
unexpected inflation
employers.
b. redistribute income from lenders to 45. A country's currency unit changes in purchasing
borrowers. power:
c. redistribute income from borrowers to a. only when there is inflation.
lenders. b. only when there is deflation.
d. do none of the above. c. when there is either inflation or deflation.
d. in none of the above cases.
39. Economists use the term "business cycle" to
refer to: 46. In the expansion phase of the business cycle
a. the growth of small businesses into major a. output is rising.
corporations. b. unemployment is falling.
b. qualitative changes in products resulting c. consumer and business confidence is high.
from improved technology. d. investment is rising.
c. fluctuations in economic activity, measured e. all of the above are true.
by GDP or unemployment. 47. Which of the following observations concerning
d. periods of increase or decrease in the rate phases of a business cycle is incorrect?
of inflation. a. Maximum amount of unemployment occurs
40. The period of declining growth in real GDP, exactly at the trough.
between the peak of the business cycle and the b. Expansion phase is measured from the
trough, is called the: trough to the peak.
a. contractionary phase. c. Trough is the point in time when output
b. boom. stops declining.
c. expansionary phase. d. The contraction phase is also called
d. static phase. recession.
41. Economists usually use the term "recession" to 48. Which of the following observations concerning
refer to: leading economic indicators is true?
a. any slowdown in the growth of real GDP. a. They provide warnings of likely downturns.
b. zero real GDP growth. b. They provide accurate information on the
c. two or more consecutive quarters of depth of a downturn.
declining real GDP. c. They provide accurate information on the
d. a reduction in nominal GDP lasting more duration of a downturn.
than six months. d. Both b. and c. are true.
49. Underemployment occurs when: 50. Which of the following is not a leading economic
a. a firm hires fewer than the required indicator?
number of workers, to save costs. a. Prices of common stock
b. a firm hires workers who do not possess b. Number of new businesses formed
the required skills that the job demands. c. Unemployment rate
c. a worker is over qualified and possesses d. New orders for plants and equipment
more skills than what his job demands.
d. a firm hires more than the required number
of workers.
e. a worker who is looking to work full-time
has to settle for a part-time job.
51. Aggregate demand can be defined as: 56. Which of the following will not cause consumption,
a. the total spending by all consumers, business and as a result, aggregate demand, to increase?
firms, government agencies, and foreigners in a. an optimistic business forecast of future income
the United States. growth
b. the total amounts that all consumers, business b. a tax cut
firms, government agencies, and foreigners c. an increase in consumer confidence
wish to spend on all final goods and services at d. a tax increase
various price levels. e. increased consumer wealth
c. the total spending by consumers, business 57. Which of the following will cause consumption, and
firms, and government agencies in one year. as a result, aggregate demand, to shift to the right?
d. the total spending by consumers, business a. an optimistic business forecast of future income
firms, and government agencies on final goods growth
and services. b. increased consumer wealth
52. If private consumption in the United States was 69 c. an increase in consumer confidence
percent of GDP, investment was 18 percent, d. a tax cut
government purchases were 18 percent, exports e. All of the above.
were 9 percent, and imports were 14 percent, net 58. Investment will increase if business taxes ____, real
exports were equal to ____ percent of GDP. interest rates ____, or if business confidence ____.
a. -5 a. increase, increases, increases
b. 5 b. decrease, decrease, decreases
c. -23 c. increase, increases, decreases
d. 23 d. decrease, decrease, increases
53. If consumption in the United States was 68 percent 59. If the stock market continues a steady climb
of GDP, investment was 19 percent, government upwards, this ____ consumer confidence and
purchases were 13 percent, exports were 14 wealth, leading to ____ consumption, and ____
percent, and imports were 14 percent, net exports aggregate demand.
were equal to ____ percent of GDP. a. increases, decreased, increased
a. -1 b. decreases, decreased, decreased
b. 0 c. increases, increased, increased
c. -28 d. increases, increased, decreased
d. 28
60. If both imports and exports fell,
54. As the price level increases, the quantity of RGDP a. AD would fall.
demanded ____, and when the price level b. AD would rise.
decreases, the quantity of RGDP demanded in the c. AD would be unaffected.
economy ____. d. AD would rise if exports fell more than imports.
a. decreases, decreases e. AD would fall if exports fell more than imports.
b. increases, increases
61. Along the long-run aggregate supply curve, the level
c. increases, decreases
of RGDP supplied ____ with increases in the price
d. decreases, increases
level.
55. In an open economy, as the price level increases, a. does not change
a(n) ____ in demand for domestic goods results in b. increases
a(n) ____ in the quantity of RGDP demanded. c. decreases
a. increase, decrease d. None of the above.
b. increase, increase
c. decrease, decrease
d. decrease, increase
62. The aggregate supply curve slopes: 69. If the marginal propensity to consume is 4/5, the
a. downward because firms can sell more, and multiplier is:
hence, will produce more when prices are a. 20.
lower. b. 5.
b. downward because firms find it costs less to c. 1.
purchase labor and other inputs when prices d. 1/5.
are lower and hence, they produce more. e. 5/4.
c. upward because firms normally can purchase 70. If unemployment is the most significant problem in
some labor and other inputs at fixed costs for the economy, which of the following actions would
some period of time. be an appropriate fiscal policy response?
d. upward because firms find that it costs more to a. decrease taxes
purchase labor and other inputs when prices b. decrease transfer payments
are higher and hence they must produce and c. increase government purchases
sell more in order to make a profit. d. all of the above
63. Which of the following would lead to stagflation? e. both A and C above
a. demand-pull inflation 71. Which of the following is an appropriate fiscal policy
b. cost-push inflation response to high inflation?
c. both of the above a. increase interest rates
d. none of the above b. increase government purchases
64. Demand-pull inflation is caused by: c. increase transfer payments
a. an increase in aggregate demand. d. none of the above
b. a decrease in aggregate demand. 72. To achieve a P500 billion increase in AD, if the MPC
c. an increase in short-run aggregate supply. is 0.8, what increase in government purchases
d. a decrease in short-run aggregate supply. would be called for?
65. Cost-push inflation is caused by: a. P625 billion
a. an increase in aggregate demand. b. P500 billion
b. a decrease in aggregate demand. c. P400 billion
c. an increase in aggregate supply. d. P100 billion
d. A decrease in aggregate supply. 73. If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8, the
marginal propensity to save is:
66. The government's fiscal policy is its plan to regulate a. 0.8
aggregate demand by manipulating: b. 0.4
a. the money supply. c. 0.2
b. taxation and spending. d. 0.3
c. the treasury. e. Data insufficient
d. the energy department.
Figure 26-1
67. Expansionary fiscal policy consists of:
a. increased government purchases, increased
taxes, increased transfer payments.
b. decreased government purchases, decreased
taxes, decreased transfer payments.
c. increased government purchases, increased
taxes, decreased transfer payments.
d. increased government purchases, decreased
taxes, increased transfer payments.
a. increase taxes
b. decrease taxes
c. decrease government purchases
d. all of the above
e. both A and C above
82. Based on the situation depicted in the graph below, which of the following would
be an appropriate fiscal policy response?
a. increase taxes
b. decrease taxes
c. decrease government purchases
d. both A and C above
e. all of the above
83. If Melanie had P200,000 of income and spent P180,000 on consumption in 2003
and had P300,000 of income and spent P240,000 on consumption in 2004:
a. her APC in 2003 was 0.8.
b. her APC in 2004 was 0.9.
c. her MPC was 0.6.
d. her MPC was 0.8.
e. her MPC was 0.9.
84. The crowding-out effect implies that:
a. increases in government purchases will reduce
consumption purchases.
b. higher taxes reduce both consumption and
saving.
c. fiscal policy effects on interest rates will be
offset by monetary policy.
d. increases in government purchases may
increase interest rates and thereby reduce
investment.
85. After legislation is signed into law, the time it takes before actual fiscal stimulus is
noticed is termed as:
a. signal lag.
b. implementation lag.
c. impact lag.
d. recognition lag.
86. If inflation is the major problem in the economy, which of the following would be
an appropriate monetary policy response?
a. decreasing reserve requirements
b. increasing the discount rate
c. buying government bonds
d. none of the above
87. If inflation is the major problem in the economy, which of the following would be
an appropriate monetary policy response?
a. decreasing government spending
b. decreasing the discount rate
c. decreasing reserve requirements
d. none of the above
88. Velocity can be defined as:
a. the turnover rate of money
b. the speed at which economic activity takes
place.
c. the speed at which multiplier effect takes place.
d. the speed at which tax cuts are spent.
e. the speed at which money creation takes place.
89. In the equation of exchange, an increase in M of 8 percent could be accompanied
by changes in velocity, the price level and real GDP of:
a. 8%, 0%, 0%.
b. 0%, 8%, 0%.
c. 0%, 0%, 8%.
d. 0%, 4%, 4%.
e. any of the above except a.
90. If the velocity of money (V) and real output (Q) were increasing at approximately
the same rate, then:
a. it would be impossible for monetary authorities
to control inflation.
b. monetary acceleration would not lead to
inflation.
c. inflation would be closely related to the long-run
rate of monetary expansion.
d. the money supply would not need to increase in
order to maintain stable prices as output rose
over time.
e. both c. and d. would be true.
91. If the amount of money in circulation is P50 million and nominal GDP is P150 million,
then the velocity of money is:
a. 0.33.
b. 2.
c. 3.
d. impossible to determine from the information
provided.
92. When the Central bank wants to expand the money supply through open market
operations, it:
a. sells government securities to banks.
b. purchases government securities from member
banks.
c. purchases government securities from the
Treasury.
d. sells government securities to the Treasury.
93. The money supply contracts when the Central bank:
a. gathers up worn and ripped Central bankeral
Reserve notes.
b. sells government securities.
c. borrows from the COUNTRY Treasury.
d. purchases equities in major COUNTRY
corporations.
94. Which of the following is most frequently used when the Central bank is attempting
to adjust the money supply?
a. Changing reserve requirements
b. Open market operations
c. Changing the discount rate
d. Moral suasion
e. all of the above
95. The Central bank's purchases and sales of government securities are called:
a. margin operations.
b. open market operations.
c. small-dealer transactions.
d. intermediary transactions.
96. Which of the following actions of the Central bank is likely to lead to a decrease in
the money supply?
a. A decrease in the discount rate
b. An increase in reserve requirements
c. A decrease in reserve requirements
d. A purchase of government securities by the
Central bank in the open market
97. Which of the following would constitute contractionary monetary policy by the
Central bank?
a. An increase in income tax rates, a cut in
government spending, and an elimination of the
investment tax credit
b. Open market sales of government securities, an
increase in the discount rate, and an increase in
reserve requirements
c. An increase in tariffs on imported goods and a
decrease in foreign aid
d. Open market purchases of government
securities, a cut in the discount rate, and an
increase in reserve requirements
98. Rising reserve requirements, other things being equal, would tend to:
a. increase the dollar volume of loans made by the
banking system.
b. increase the money supply.
c. increase aggregate demand.
d. do all of the above.
e. do none of the above.
99. A combination of a decrease in the discount rate and an increase in reserve
requirements would:
a. increase the money supply.
b. decrease the money supply.
c. leave the money supply unchanged.
d. have an indeterminate effect on the money
supply.
100. A combination of an increase in the discount rate and an open market sale of
government securities by the Central bank would:
a. increase the money supply.
b. decrease the money supply.
c. leave the money supply unchanged.
d. have an indeterminate effect on the money
supply.
101. An increase in the money supply:
a. will definitely result in inflation if unemployment
is high and there is much unused industrial
capacity.
b. shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left.
c. will probably result in inflation if the economy is
fully employed.
d. causes interest rates to rise.
102. If interest rates rise, what will happen to demand for money?
a. It will increase.
b. It will decrease.
c. Nothing; the economy will move to a new
quantity demanded at a new interest rate.
d. It depends on what happens to other
determinants of demand for money like prices
or income.
103. Expansionary monetary policy will tend to have what effect?
a. Increase the money supply and lower interest
rates
b. Increase the money supply and increase
interest rates
c. Decrease the money supply and lower interest
rates
d. Decrease the money supply and increase
interest rates
104. When the economy is in a recession,
a. expansionary monetary policy can potentially
result in increased real output, but only in the
short run.
b. expansionary monetary policy can potentially
result in increased real output in both the short
run and long run.
c. contractionary monetary policy can potentially
result in increased real output, but only in the
short run.
d. contractionary monetary policy can potentially
result in increased real output in both the short
run and long run.
105. When the economy is initially at full employment:
a. contractionary monetary policy can result in
increased real output, but only in the short run.
b. contractionary monetary policy can result in
increased real output in both the short run and
long run.
c. contractionary monetary policy can result in
decreased real output, but only in the short run.
d. contractionary monetary policy can result in
decreased real output in both the short run and
long run.
106. Based on the situation depicted in the graph below, which of the following would
be an appropriate monetary policy response?
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